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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in College Park Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College Park Estates and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for College Park Estates:
- 35.719250, -83.942680
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on College Park Estates
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
- Since College Park Estates is near Knox County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for College Park Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near College Park Estates ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Bestview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bestview is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestview
- Blockhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blockhouse is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Cherokee Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Cherokee Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Park is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
- Everett Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Everett Heights is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Heights
- Forest Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Glen is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Green Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Heritage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heritage Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Law Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Law Chapel is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law Chapel
- Maryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mountain Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Trace is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Trace
- Rockgardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Sixmile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Summit Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Hills is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
- Sunset View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset View is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Twelve Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
How Far From College Park Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as College Park Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in College Park Estates and extending to:
- Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from College Park Estates to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College Park Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from College Park Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in College Park Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7193, Longitude: -83.9427 In this case, the coordinates for College Park Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.052 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.724 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.608 degrees. |
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